The old order giveth way; making way for the new: out of the box thinking and horses for courses is certainly the way forward for the Indian selectors and they indeed need to be complimented for having done a fine job with their selections for the Champions Trophy slated to be held in old blighty in the month of June........
June is certainly a wet and somewhat gloomy month in good old England if my memories of the 1996 tour of the same country serve me right, the seamers will certainly rule the roost and genuine swing bowlers like Irfan Pathan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Vinay Kumar will surely make hay while the sun (????) shines, though the possibility of all three making the plying eleven is indeed remote......
Leaving out proven performers such as Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh certainly takes some guts and the selectors have certainly put their money where their mouth is in this regard; while Yuvraj Singh certainly did not warrant a place on current form, Gambhir certainly has not done too badly in the shorter forms of the game and certainly deserved his place in the team ahead of Murali Vijay.......
Well, I guess being in the captain's good books and representing an IPL franchise owned by the BCCI president is certainly bound to pay off in some form of the other. Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik and Suresh Raina certainly deserve their places in the team on the basis of current performances and form, but, I for one am surprised to see Ravindra Jadeja in the team, and would have plumped for Ambati Rayudu.......
Ambati Rayudu deserves a place on the sheer dint of his performances in domestic cricket as well as IPL over the last three seasons and simply because he is a fr better batsman than Ravindra Jadeja can ever hope to become, Jadeja's left arm spin will prove to be more of a liability rather than an asset and thereby render him a non starter......
Virat Kohli, Dhoni, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravichandran Ashwin and Umesh Yadav who is making his way back after a lengthy injury lay off were always bound to be in the team, but the selection of Amit Mishra certainly does make for a few raised eyebrows as he is only going to be warming the benches and will only get to play in case of an injury to Ashwin.....
Well begun is half done as they say and the selectors have certainly made a reasonable beginning, here's wishing the 15 men in blue good luck and great tidings; may you return to Indian shores with the Champions Trophy firmly in your clutches........
The team: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain and Wicket Keeper), Virat Kohli, Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Irfan Pathan, Dinesh Karthik, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Vinay Kumar, Ravichandran Ashwin and Amit Mishra.........
June is certainly a wet and somewhat gloomy month in good old England if my memories of the 1996 tour of the same country serve me right, the seamers will certainly rule the roost and genuine swing bowlers like Irfan Pathan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Vinay Kumar will surely make hay while the sun (????) shines, though the possibility of all three making the plying eleven is indeed remote......
Leaving out proven performers such as Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh certainly takes some guts and the selectors have certainly put their money where their mouth is in this regard; while Yuvraj Singh certainly did not warrant a place on current form, Gambhir certainly has not done too badly in the shorter forms of the game and certainly deserved his place in the team ahead of Murali Vijay.......
Well, I guess being in the captain's good books and representing an IPL franchise owned by the BCCI president is certainly bound to pay off in some form of the other. Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik and Suresh Raina certainly deserve their places in the team on the basis of current performances and form, but, I for one am surprised to see Ravindra Jadeja in the team, and would have plumped for Ambati Rayudu.......
Ambati Rayudu deserves a place on the sheer dint of his performances in domestic cricket as well as IPL over the last three seasons and simply because he is a fr better batsman than Ravindra Jadeja can ever hope to become, Jadeja's left arm spin will prove to be more of a liability rather than an asset and thereby render him a non starter......
Virat Kohli, Dhoni, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravichandran Ashwin and Umesh Yadav who is making his way back after a lengthy injury lay off were always bound to be in the team, but the selection of Amit Mishra certainly does make for a few raised eyebrows as he is only going to be warming the benches and will only get to play in case of an injury to Ashwin.....
Well begun is half done as they say and the selectors have certainly made a reasonable beginning, here's wishing the 15 men in blue good luck and great tidings; may you return to Indian shores with the Champions Trophy firmly in your clutches........
The team: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain and Wicket Keeper), Virat Kohli, Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Irfan Pathan, Dinesh Karthik, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Vinay Kumar, Ravichandran Ashwin and Amit Mishra.........
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